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Kim Kardashian Says She Faked a Britney Spears Hotel Visit to Attract Paparazzi Early in Her Career

She described the early-2000s stunt on Khloé Kardashian’s podcast to illustrate her single-minded pursuit of fame.

Overview

  • On Khloé in Wonderland, Kardashian recounted a plan to get photographed by pretending to visit Britney Spears at a New York hotel.
  • She said she and Jonathan Cheban sat in the back of a borrowed Rolls-Royce to look chauffeured as they arrived where paparazzi were waiting.
  • They then hid in a hotel phone booth for about 20 minutes before exiting to a flurry of questions from photographers.
  • Kardashian recalled Cheban telling her to keep her head down and said the resulting images ended up on multiple magazine covers.
  • She emphasized that fame was her focus at the time, and Page Six noted she and Spears first connected through Paris Hilton years earlier.